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Nightmares, neurophenomenology and the cultural logic of trauma.

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry June 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9136-4 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Dreaming
Key points Argues that nightmares are co-constituted by neurophenomenological processes and cultural narratives of trauma, proposing an integrative framework that links subjective nightmare experience to neural mechanisms and cultural context.

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Nightmares, neurophenomenology and the cultural logic of trauma.

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